Senate Resolution Summary

• Senator Patricia Miller served District 32 (parts of Marion and Johnson Counties) in the Indiana State Senate for 34 years since being elected in 1983, plus one prior term in the Indiana House of Representatives.

• Miller served as Assistant President Pro Tempore since 2015 and as Chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services since 1993, sponsoring landmark health care legislation including the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) and HIP 2.0, which provided coverage to more than 350,000 previously uninsured Hoosiers.

• Additional notable legislation includes Indiana's Silver Alert program for endangered missing adults, background check requirements for health care professionals, CPR training and suicide prevention bills for schools, and various ethics reforms.

• Miller received multiple awards including the Davis-Bacon Award from the American Medical Association, the George H. Rawls Indiana Public Health Award, and Governor Mike Pence's inaugural Healthy Indiana Public Service Award.

• The Senate honors Miller upon her retirement and directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to her and her family.